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The Swiss National Research Council (FNS) has awarded a CHF1.250M grant to a team composed by Prof. Dr. Anna Sfyrla (Universite de Geneve) and Nikhef researcher Prof. Dr….

Belgium and the Netherlands will jointly organise the so-called European Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) at the MECC in Maastricht in October 2026. An expected 1,000 participants from…

Today, CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, is hosting a special high-level ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary, attended by 38 national delegations. It is hosted in…

The Faculty of Science of VU Amsterdam has appointed Prof. Dr. Juan Rojo as Head of the Physics and Astronomy Department, effective from 1 January 2025, for a…

The results open up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics Quantum entanglement is a fascinating feature of quantum physics – the theory of the…

Nikhef participates in two consortia that will work on vibration damping for the Einstein Telescope. SENVIDET will focus on extremely sensitive displacement and acceleration sensors for the mirror…

A milestone for the DUNE experiment: scientists measured the first neutrinos with a prototype detector on 10 July. This prototype was built in an existing neutrino beam at…

Gravitational wave researchers Dr. Miller, Dr. Aggarwal, et al. from, among others, Nikhef have found no evidence of earth-mass black holes that could have formed within a few…

Four young promising scientists from Nikhef receive a Veni grant from NWO. They will receive up to € 320,000 to further develop new research ideas. A total of…

Prof. Dr. Jorgen D’Hondt has been appointed director of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef. He succeeds current director Prof. Dr. Stan Bentvelsen, whose second term expires…

XENONnT, a detector built for the search for dark matter, today announced the first measurement of nuclear recoil from solar neutrinos. The sun makes neutrinos in various nuclear…

As of July 1, Nikhef researcher Wouter Hulsbergen has been appointed as Endowed Professor for ‘Flavour Physics at the LHC’ at VU Amsterdam. Hulsbergen has distinguished himself as a leading researcher in…

Imagine a place where school children can discover the science behind the Einstein Telescope. Where they can learn, through a film, an interactive demonstration lecture and workshops, how…

Particle physicist Ivo van Vulpen argues for a more serious approach to science communication, his second field of study. On Friday, he holds his inaugural lecture in Leiden….

An innovative technology for detecting particles, and the mixing rules of quarks: two research proposals from Nikhef receive an ENW-M award. This was announced this week. In the…

Neutrino researcher Rasa Muller will receive the Kluyver Prize for the best English-language abstract in her dissertation, published in 2023. The award was presented Monday, May 13, at…

A special issue of New Scientist on black holes was released today. The special features several Nikhef employees, among others. Nikhef director Stan Bentvelsen talks about the Einstein…

DIMENSIES, Nikhef’s Dutch language public magazine, is all about exploring boundaries this spring. In his foreword director Stan Bentvelsen  calls the thirst for always wanting to look further…

The National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef plays an exemplary connecting role in the Dutch research landscape. So judges an international committee in its six-year SEP evaluation. The…

The US and CERN will work more closely together to develop major research facilities, starting with feasibility studies on the FCC-ee Higgs factory. This was agreed upon the…